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M. KAPLAN.

ARTIFICAL WREATH,

APPLICATION man MAY 11, 1919.

Patented Nov. 4, 1919.

MAX KAI'LAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ARTIFICIAL WREAT'I-I.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAX KAPLAN, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the city of New York, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Artificial Wreaths, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to artificial wreaths.

Wreaths, vines or sprays from artificial leaves have been heretofore made, but difficulties have been had in their construction in that the finished wreath while producing the desired artistic effect in imitating a natural holly wreath or the like design, would not retain its shape for a sufficient period of time to make the article marketable. Furthermbre, difficulties have been had in prior constructions in securing the artificial leaves and berries or the like artificial ornaments to the frame. Various devices and means such as locking wires and cords and paper wrappings have been used to secure the leaves and berries to the frame. In some constructions the leaves have been formed with slots or recesses to receive the stems of the berries and other means have been resorted to for this purpose, but they have all not only proved inefficient in their operation but involve expenditure of extra time, labor and material in assembling and uniting the parts and have thus increased the cost of manufacture of these artificial wreaths. The difficulty had with the artificial wreaths as heretofore made in that they do not retain their shape has been largely due to defective frame construction.

One object, therefore, in this invention is to provide an artificial wreath which shall retain its shape for a considerable period of time.

Another object of my invention is to provide an artificial wreath in which the berries and artificial leaves shall be secured 'to the frame in a cheap and effective manner thus reducing materially the cost of manufacture thereof.

A further object of my invention is to provide in an artificial wreath and the like articles a frame construction which shall insure the retention of shape.

A still further object of my invention is to provide an artificial wreath which shall successfully imitate the natural object which it is designed to represent and of which the parts may all be easily and readily assembled Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 4, 1919.

Appfication filed May 1'7, 1919. Serial No. 297,863.

to complete the finished article at a minimum expenditure of time, labor and material.

Other objects of this invention will appear from the detailed description and the features of novelty will be particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawing accompanying this specification and forming a material part thereof,

Figure 1 is an elevational View of a wreath embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view out through the leaves and the frame;

Fig. 3 is a plan. view of the novel frame construction; and

Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional View thereof.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the wreath an embodiment of my invention there shown, is seen to consist of the supporting frame 10 and the artificial leaves 11 and the berries or other like ornamental objects 12 all constructed and assembled as hereinafter described.

The frame 10 consists of two wires 13 and 14, the former being preferably of unannealed steel and the latter of annealed steel.

The wires are placed close together and to give the frame sufficient body, some soft fibrous material such as the strands 15 in the form of a cord is provided and then a wrapping 16 of thin cord or thread or the like material is applied to keep the parts of the frame together, and some adhesive substance may be used in connection with the wrapping to solidify the whole construction. I consider this frame construction a very important feature of my invention. The unannealed steel wire is resilient and when bent into a particular shape such as the form of a circle, it will attempt to spring back and resume its original shape. The annealed wire on the other hand has had its resiliency taken out of it and being placed in juxtaposition to the unannealed wire counteracts the resiliency of the unannealed wire and thus keeps it from resuming its original shape. Consequently, by using these two wires in combination the frame will retain any shape given to it. I have found, in fact, that artificial wreaths made with a frame construction of this kind do keep their shape for a very long period of time and I have thus overcome one of the great difficulties had with these artificial wreaths. As to this frame construction, I do not limit myself to the particular embodiment thereof shown in the drawing and described herein. Of course, a combination of anynumber of resilient and nonresilient wires or other similar supporting constructions may be used to produce the result and effect desired as hereinbefore explained and other modifications and variations may be resorted to within the scope and spirit of this invention.

The leaves 11 may, of course, be of any desired shape and are properly embossed to give the effect of any natural leaf it is desired to imitate. In the drawing, I have shown an artificial leaf blank in the form of a cluster embracing several leaves, but of course other artificial leaves may be used in connection with the frame. I secure these leaves to the frame simply by some adhesive substance such as glue and thus dispense with additional holding devices or material such as locking wires and cords and the like. In place of glue some simple holding device such as staples 16 may be used. The gluing may be done in a simple manner by immersing the whole frame when assembled in the glue and then placing each leaf on in position. It will be noted that in arranging the leaves on the frame each leaf overlaps the contiguous one as shown at 17. The berries 12 may be secured in position by inserting the stem 19 which carries them underneath and then gluing the same to the overlapping leaves as will be readily understood from the drawing, thus again dispensing with any separate fastening or holding means. I have found that the leaves and berries thus secured stay permanently fixed in position, it being merely a question of using the proper kind of adhesive substance.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. An artificial wreath comprising a supporting frame consisting of resilient and non-resilient members adapted to co-act to maintain the shape of said supporting frame and leaves secured to said supporting frame.

2. An artificial wreath comprising a sup porting frame consisting of resilient and non-resilient members adapted to co-act to maintain the shape of said supporting Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the frame, leaves secured to said supporting frame, the top portion of each leaf overlapping the bottom portion of the leaf contiguous thereto.

3. An artificial wreath comprising a supporting frame consisting of resilient and non-resilient members adapted to co-act to maintain the shape of said supporting frame, leaves secured to said supporting frame, the top portion of each leaf overlapping the bottom portion of the leaf contiguous thereto, and berries carried on stems secured between said overlapping leaf portions.

4. In an artificial wreath in combination with artificial leaves or the like imitative objects, a supporting structure comprising resilient and non-resilient members adapted to co-act to maintain the shape of said supporting frame.

5. In an artificial wreath in combination with artificial leaves or the like imitative objects, a supporting structure comprising resilient and non-resilient members adapted to co-act to maintain the shape of said supporting frame.

6. In an artificial wreath, a supporting structure comprising resilient and non-resilient members adapted to co-act to maintain the shape of said supporting frame, a filling material superposed on said members to give said supporting frame body, and means for holding said elements and filling material together.

7.'A supporting structure comprising resilient and non-resilient members adapted to co-act to maintain the shape of said supporting frame and a filling material superposed on said members to give body to said supporting frame.

8. A supporting structure comprising resilient and non-resilient members adapted toco-act to maintain the shape of said supporting frame, a filling material superposed on said members to give said supporting frame body, and means for holding said elements and filling material together.

Signed at New York city in the county of New York and State of New York this 3rd day of May, A. D. 1919.

MAX KAPLAN.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

